I suppose they’re ok if your dad golfs, has a workshop, farts at inappropriate times constantly, drinks too much beer, or is a low level misogynist or curmudgeon but if not, sorry, you’re out of luck!
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I was lucky when my dad was alive that he fit a couple of those categories (curmudgeon and farter), but now as a recipient of the cards, I have to remember, it’s the thought that counts…
Not that regular cards are much better. Literally sitting in the store right now wondering if the anthropomorphic tater tot on this card is coded male or female and what it says about me for even wondering.
The good way to do cards is go to a nicer store that has art/design stuff. Buy a bunch of blank cards that have nice art on them. Write Happy whatever day it is inside. Use them for everything.
When you don’t particularly like your father-in-law, but still feel obligated to send him one, and need the most generic of messages, it’s really hard to find one.
How about the Mother’s Day cards with 24 stanzas of an epic poem about a mother’s love (or a wife’s)? My wife has offered to break my (often-shorts-clad) legs if she ever gets one of those.
Being unable to find a Father’s Day card to accurately describe my father was the crux of the eulogy I gave for him. (Not trying to bring the room down, just saying I empathize.)
My favorite was a Peanuts card. Schroeder the catcher consults with Charlie Brown on the mound and reminds him that one finger is fastball, two fingers is curve and three is Happy Fathers Day. Open the card and they both give the three finger sign. No words.
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